Dirigible headlight



Oct. 29, 1929. o'. 1.. OLNEY ET AL DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT Filed Feb. 17,1928 QL. 01nd? nqv-INTOR .WITNESS:

ATTORNEY Patented st. 29, 1929 OSCAR L. OLNEY AND JAMES B. Hunter,

masses or LAKE rIJA'cIn, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHTCOMPANY, INC., OF LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK, .A COR- PORATION OF NEW YORKDIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT Application filed February-17,1928. Serial No;255,090.

This invention relates to dirigible headlights, and the general objectof the invention is to provide a controlling device that is extremelysimple in construction, and designed for automatically turning theheadlights of a vehicle in a horizontal plane to follow. the.

course of travel of the vehicle, and which, can be applied to motorvehicles now in use with no change to the headlightsor other partsthereof.

A further object of the invention isl to provide a dirigible headlightdevice ,for motor vehicles, that is inexpensive to manufacture, easy toapply and is efficient in operation and service.

This 1nvent1on also consists 1n certain other features of constructionand in the com-:

bination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fullydescribed,.1l

lustrat-ed in the accompanying drawings'and specifically pointed out inthe appended. claim.

In describing our invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or,

corresponding parts throughoutthe several V1ews, and 1n which F lgure 11s a front elevation of a vehicl showing the application of the deviceforming the subject matter of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view illustrating the'application ofparts of the device' to the steering mechanism of the vehicle.

Figure 3 1s a fragmentary vertlcal sectional view taken through one ofthe lamp mount: I

ings and adjacent parts.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken through the chassis of the vehicle asshown in Figure 2 and illustrating one of the guides for the lamp posts.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the

letter A indicates a motor vehicle, B the front justed and secured -nut.

andsecured to the respective front fenders B as bestshown in Figure 1 ofthe drawings.

The fender brace is tubularin formation for a portion of its length andis flattened at the ends thereofwith a rounded depression 2 formedadjacent'each end as-suggested in Figure 3 of the drawings.

7 Adjustably secured in each of the depressions 2' through theinstrumentality of a bolt and" nut connection 3=is a semi-spherical knob4 which-is formed with. and depends from a projection '5 extendingrearwardlyat an inclination from a bearing sleeve 6.

The bearing sleeves 6 rotatably receive the lamp posts, 7 which have,secured to their .upper ends a collar 8 formedwith "a cup shaped member9 adapted to receive and be secured therein by a nut 10 a semi sphericalknob 11 which has depending therefrom a threaded stud for the purposeofreceiving the nut as clearly shown in Figure 3 of the drawings. Theknobs 11 are riveted or otherwise securedto the bottom of the headlampsin the usual manner, and due to thefact that the knob 11 issemi-spherical in form and follows the shape of the cup shape member 9,it will be apparent that'the headlamp can be adin adjusted position bythe Extending rearwardly from and fixed to each of the lamp posts? is anarm 12 which terminates'at its outer end in a bearing for pivotallyreceiving the ends ofa cross rod 13 whereby upon movement of one of thelamp post sfthe othe r lamp post will be moved in unison therewith. "Thelamp posts are held against lateral movement by fingers 14 which areprovided with openings to accommodate the lower ends of thelamp post forrotation therein as best shown in Figure l ofthe drawings. The fingers14.- are threaded and pass through the channel bars of the chassis asbest 7 shown in Figure land held secured thereto by nuts 15.

One of the lamp posts considerably longer than the other and has securedto its lower end a lateral disposed link 16 which has pivotally securedto its outer end one end of a link 17 while the opposite end of saidlink f t 2 f 1,733,900

1 17 is secured to the steering arm D, as best shown in Figure 2. 7 Fromthe above description and disclosure of the drawings, it will be obviousthat when 5 the steering mechanism of the vehicle is moved, the lampswill be moved I accordingly and" the device can be easily and quicklyap- V pliedfto a vehicle withlittle-or--no-changes .7:v@1theret0andavvithvery little effort. 11 It is thought :irom he foregong; de cription that the advantages and novel features of our inventionwill be readilyrjapparent;

We desire it to be understood that we may make changesin-ithe:.constructionrandin the 15 combination and arrangement of theseveral I parts kprovided that Suehehaing'esfall-within the scope ofthe-appended claim. 1591 Whatwve-claim is: -A -dirigibIe headligh tdevice'of the char- 1 g acter described comprisinga crossbartubular.

1"-in-,,;f,ormation and beingqprovided with flat ends secured to thefendersof a vehicle, with w -rounded depressions -formed therein, lamp,1 =1 posts a bearingwforeach lamp post and re- 5 GLQlV-lHgythG same-for:rotatiom-a projection exv tending rearwardly at am inclination from a;each; bearing, a csemi sphericalknob dependin'g from-:theiproj ectionsand the knobsof the mprojectionsbeing. a-djustably secured in the .1 v:3depressions,:means'irfor detachably and ad- Z j ustablynsecuringtheadlamps" to a :theupper endsot the lamp, posts-and each ofsaid-means "including: M011: fixedi toa post,-;a cup-i shapedmemberdisposed: above and inalignmags merit :witheea; troundeddepression,- a semi- V spherical knob. arranged in said-:depression,flaazi-threadedstud; depending from'szthe last 11 ,mentionedknob andpassing throughithe cupshapedzlmember, a: nutrthreaded .on=said stud,

l -i 61armssecuredtothe lamp postsa'ndrextending rearwardly therefrom,,a CIOSSJxROd pivotally zjsecured 1130 :said: arms, sand :meansconnected 1 wuwithione OfliSfIlCl lamp posts and the steering mechanismof a vehicle for moving the'alamps 5.; 4 minunison:upommovement:ofsthetsteering 11! wimechanism. v A

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